Rabbi James Greene

Rabbi James Greene is a 2008 graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and is the immediate past president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association. Over his two-decade career in the Jewish community, he has served organizations in Massachusetts, Connecticut, California, Oregon and Pennsylvania. Greene was part of Hadar’s 2022 JJGI Fellowship for Rabbis and Senior Educators, as well as a member of the inaugural cohort of the Mandel Foundation’s Executive Leadership Program designed to support rising leaders of Jewish institutions in sharpening their vision for their communities and organizations. He has held executive leadership positions at Jewish Community Centers and Jewish camps, and now serves as the chief executive officer at Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts.  

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